The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission has voted to endorse a proposal repealing the sustainable growth rate, replacing it with a 10-year alternative funded in part through 5.9% Medicare specialist payment cuts over the next 3 years followed by a 7-year…
Day: October 10, 2011
Organizations Create Well-Being Initiative for People With Limb Loss
In observance of October 7 as Worldwide Amputee Awareness Day, Ossur, the Amputee Coalition and Johns Hopkins University announced that the three organizations will work together to create a new, nationwide program to help prosthetists address the emotional needs of…
ACPOC Extends Abstract Submission Deadline
The Association of Children’s Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinics (ACPOC) has extended the deadline for abstract submission to Friday, Oct. 14. To submit an abstract, visit www.specacpoc.org/abstracts/defaultmenu.aspx. The member/record number serves as the user name. First-time users should click on “Forgot my password”…